NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Two reigning champions are celebrating their victories are winning the annual Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in Coney Island on Thursday.

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 04: Joey Chestnut reacts after he wins the annual Nathan’s hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2019 in New York City. Nathan’s held its first hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on July 4, 1916. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

It took 71 hot dogs and buns in 10 minutes for 12-time winner Joey Chestnut to take home the trophy in the men’s competition.

“I already knew he was going to win. I don’t know how. I just already seen it coming,” Walter Douglas, from East New York, said.

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 04: Miki Sudo reacts as she defeated the women’s hot dog eating contest on July 4, 2019 in New York City. Nathan’s held its first hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on July 4, 1916. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Watching professional eaters cram dog after dog into their mouths is as much a tradition as any on the Fourth of July.

Thousands of people came together to witness history again.

NEW YORK, NY – JULY 04: NYPD Officer stand guard before the hot dog eating Contest on July 4, 2019 in New York City. Nathan’s held its first hot dog eating contest in Coney Island on July 4, 1916. (Photo by Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

One of the most amazing parts of the contest is the crowd and the energy. People from all over the country and the world come just to take it all in.

“It gets you charged up. You go out, you go home, you propose to your wife, you propose to your girlfriend, you propose to your boys ‘cause you love your boys, and you’re jacked up on America and hot dogs,” Queens resident Michael Pfeiffer said.

Sudo fell short of her feat last year, when she ate 37 hot dogs. Chestnut also failed to beat his world record of 74 hot dogs in 10 minutes.